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Former attempts to implement GIS at the Squamish Nation
have largely been hindered by problems associated with
data acquisition and data format (see 1997 report entitiled
GIS
Implementation at the Squamish Nation for details).
As GIS develops as a technology however, many data issues
are being overcome.
In this part of the study we sought to find out whether
the data that was available to the Squamish was technically
suitable for the community’s land use planning
needs. We found that a variety of data is available
to the Squamish Nation. For example, the community currently
owns all the Terrain
and Resource Information Management (TRIM) and the
National Topographic Series data for their traditional
territory. This means that the community has all the
1:20,000 and 1:250,000 base map features for their traditional
lands. In addition, a number of different agencies are
interested in sharing data with the community. The Ministry
of Sustainable Resource Management is interested in
giving Squamish Nation selective access to a wide range
of spatial information. In addition, International Forest
Products (Interfor) has also expressed an interest in
engaging in datasharing with the Squamish Nation.
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